After I left the sect, the entire sect knelt down and begged for forgiveness.

Chapter 74 Alchemy? I'll Live Directly in the Alchemy Chamber 1
After a brief adjustment, Lin Yan began preparing to refine the next batch of Foundation Establishment Pills. Having learned from the previous experience, the time spent processing the materials was significantly reduced this time.

In the last batch of pills, she discovered that the biggest problem was still in refining the third-tier beast cores. She hadn't been able to handle the power fluctuations of the beast cores delicately enough, nor had she been able to suppress the power within the beast cores to keep them stable within the beast core essence, which almost caused the furnace to explode.

This time, controlling the beast core's power was much easier for him. Instead of using his spiritual energy to envelop the beast core and then suppress it, he used his spiritual energy to slowly permeate it, gradually suppressing and refining it…

She imagined herself as a grandmaster in the world of alchemy, calmly and gracefully refining the beast core perfectly. But reality dealt her a heavy blow! She was too focused on permeating the beast core with spiritual energy, and she didn't control the permeation time well, making it too long. As a result, the other materials weren't properly processed when being quenched at high temperatures, and some of them showed signs of charring.

This is like a chef who, while cooking, focuses too much on the presentation of the dish but neglects the combination of seasonings and the control of heat, resulting in the dish being burnt and tasting terrible.

Now that things have come to this, the quality of the elixir is definitely not good. But we can't give up now, otherwise failing to refine it would be an even bigger loss. We have to do our best to ensure the elixir is successfully formed.

Lin Yan sped up the process of melting the beast core while simultaneously refining other materials to fuse with it.

When it comes to the pill condensation stage, the furnace temperature is adjusted to ensure that the pill can condense smoothly.

This time, the manipulation of spiritual energy was more precise, and more attention was paid to the transmission of spiritual energy. Therefore, after this batch of pills was completed, I did not experience a state of spiritual energy depletion, but I did not have much spiritual energy left either.

She picked up the pill box, moved her fingers slightly, and the furnace opened, releasing a rich medicinal fragrance. Six pills were neatly arranged in the box.

The amount of Foundation Establishment Pills produced from each batch of materials is already small. Many alchemists only manage to refine two or three Foundation Establishment Pills at a time, but she produced six. Anyone else would be overjoyed.

Lin Yan showed no joy. The strong medicinal fragrance emanating from the alchemy furnace meant that the batch of pills she had refined was of very poor quality.

As expected, the pills refined this time were even worse than the previous batch. When placed on the quality testing instrument, the pointer swung around like a tortoise taking half a step—it seemed to have moved, yet it didn't seem to have moved at all…

She put down the pills, took out her contact list, and prepared to review the previously recorded questions, add supplementary information, and optimize the pill-refining plan.

Seeing that Mu Feng had replied to her message, she felt that she couldn't work in isolation. She might as well tell Mu Feng about the problems she encountered in alchemy. He had more experience in alchemy than she did, and he might be able to offer some good suggestions.

Little Alchemist Mu Feng: That's great. Qi Yang and I have a separate residence in Sun City, which saves Fellow Daoist Lin the trouble of finding accommodation.

Lin Yan first sent a barrage of thank-you messages. After all, when asking questions, one shouldn't be too impolite, as it would make the other person uncomfortable. Only then did she mention the most significant problem she encountered during the refining process.

Mu Feng was browsing through ancient texts in his study at the mansion, and while he was looking at the latest news from the Pill Association, he was quite surprised to see that Fellow Daoist Lin had sent him a message.

I knew she could refine medium-grade pills, but I didn't expect her to refine Foundation Establishment Pills. It seems she's figured it out. I didn't even dare to answer her questions based on my own experience.

His own alchemy level was not high; he could only barely refine Foundation Establishment Pills, producing two to three pills at a time. The best quality he could produce was Grade Two, and in most cases, he could only refine Grade One.

The question raised by the other party was one that he had never encountered when processing beast cores... or rather, he had never encountered it before, but he had not been meticulous enough when processing beast cores.

The current situation is like you know the basics, but the other person asks you a very complex question. How can you answer that based on your experience? Don't go back and mislead people, delaying their alchemy practice.

Moreover, he learned a method for processing beast cores that he had never imagined from the questions raised by the other party. He hesitated for a long time, pausing in the input box, before finally sending a message.

Young Alchemist Mu Feng: Fellow Daoist Lin, actually, other alchemists haven't completely refined the power within beast cores when processing them. I'm not very knowledgeable and haven't tried refining beast cores using your method. Shall I give it a try first?
Alchemists didn't attempt to refine beast cores using the infiltration method because their control over spiritual energy wasn't refined to that extent. Alchemy requires considering all materials, so when processing the materials in the alchemy furnace with spiritual energy, they would use methods that could accommodate all factors.

The refining methods in the manual must have been the best methods summarized by predecessors after countless failures. Other alchemists will naturally only explore the alchemy methods that suit them based on the experience of their predecessors.

Lin Yan took a different approach because she felt that enveloping the beast core with spiritual power was not enough to fully refine a higher-level beast core. So she thought of using a penetration method to disintegrate the beast core from the inside, and she just happened to be able to do that.

However, in focusing on the beast cores, he neglected other materials. In his own words, he was "unbalanced."

Lin Yan glanced at the message Mu Feng had sent and figured he wouldn't be able to reply for a while, so she took out a manual on refining intermediate-level pills and began to read it.

I know the contents inside by heart, but I still want to read them again.

The methods taught inside all involve enveloping the beast core with spiritual energy, gradually refining and suppressing it. Could it be that those predecessors didn't think of a way to penetrate the beast core with spiritual energy?

She thought it was impossible! What she could think of, others could also think of. The fact that the method wasn't recorded in the manual only meant that the method recorded in the manual was the most suitable for alchemists to use.

Was I going in the wrong direction? I should have followed the methods in the manual, instead of acting on my own!
A restless mind is a major taboo in cultivation!

Lin Yan also realized that she had been too impetuous. Ever since she easily refined a basic Heaven-grade pill, she subconsciously felt that she had an exceptional talent for alchemy, which led her to be impractical and unrealistic.

The fact that he failed to refine even the lowest-grade Foundation Establishment Pills twice was a reminder to himself to avoid arrogance and impatience, and to be down-to-earth.

After reflecting for a while, Lin Yan sent a message to Mu Feng, saying that her idea was a load of rubbish and that he should pretend she had never said anything.

After a long while, the other party did not reply, presumably because they went to try the method she suggested.

Sigh... I've misled so many young people! Lin Yan felt a little guilty. She decided to buy him a gift when she got to Richeng as an apology.

Lin Yan placed the contact list on the table, deciding to refine the pills again using the same method as the first time, with solutions for any problems that might arise. She didn't want to act impulsively and create new issues.

The third batch of sorted materials was placed in a basket, and impurities were removed from the materials with spiritual power before being thrown into the alchemy furnace.

Wow, thank you everyone for your votes! I'm so grateful!

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